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Americas
Bristol-Myers Squibb has accused pharmaceutical company Merck of infringing a patent covering a method used to treat cancer. 10 September 2014
Asia-Pacific
The Australian government department responsible for IP has suggested abolishing a committee that looks after plant breeders’ rights as it looks at alternative means for giving advice to breeders. 9 September 2014
Asia-Pacific
Companies in Australia will be able to continue to patent human genes after a court rejected an appeal by a breast cancer survivor. 8 September 2014
Americas
Magistrate judge Christopher Burke has recommended that the US District Court for the District of Delaware affirm a motion to dismiss a patent infringement case related to the patent eligibility of subject matter, as laid out in 35 USC §101. 5 September 2014
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Our expert comment this month looks at personalised medicine, but more from a business point of view than a medical one. As LSIPR readers will know, personalised medicine is all about tailoring treatment to the individual, and that, of course, can be extremely complicated. 4 September 2014
Big Pharma
Law firm Simmons & Simmons has expanded its Düsseldorf office with the addition of a new partner. 3 September 2014
Big Pharma
English High Court Justice Philip James Sales has found a patent covering AstraZeneca’s bestselling drug Symbicort invalid after a challenge by Israeli generic drug maker Teva. 3 September 2014
Europe
WilmerHale has added life sciences lawyer and IP litigation specialist Anthony Trenton to its practice in London. 2 September 2014
Americas
Novartis’s generic arm Sandoz may not market a generic version of Maryland-based United Therapeutics’ Remodulin hypertension drug, the US District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled on Friday (August 29). 1 September 2014
Americas
The FDA has accepted applications by generic drug makers Mylan and Novartis subsidiary Sandoz for a three-times-weekly version of blockbuster drug Copaxone, it was announced yesterday. 29 August 2014